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Day: 1st May 2018

Monthly Club Special 20,211 (1/4/2014): Isn’t Nature Wonderful

Author   VerlainePosted on 1st May 2018 at 4:22 PM10 September 2025Categories Monthly Club Special

Let us first address the loxodont in the room: there was a lot, and I mean a lot of obscure natural history in this puzzle. If you are the kind of person who can see … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,211 (1/4/2014): Isn’t Nature Wonderful”

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Times Cryptic 27026

Author   jackktPosted on 1st May 2018 at 3:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I’ve no solving time to offer for this one but it was somewhere off the scale, though not as far off it as yesterday’s. All the clues seem fair enough in retrospect with only two … Read more “Times Cryptic 27026”

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Times Quick Cryptic 1081 by Corelli

Author   ChrisPosted on 1st May 2018 at 1:49 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

1081 by Corelli Smiles all round today starting at 1ac, again at COD 7dn and finishing with LOI 13dn – a ‘doh’ to end the puzzle. I spent 11 enjoyable minutes completing this so I’d … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1081 by Corelli”

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